The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-03-19
HERE AND THERE.

factory at Bennington, Vt, is filling an
order for 100000 wisp-broom handles.
A marriage of professional beggars took
place In the Church Of Jesus at Guadalajara
Mexico, one day recently.
The lettuce grown In the southern part OF
California Is said to be more crisp and delicate
than any grown In the cast.
The beggars of Rome, 1t is estimated, re.
ceive s20OO,0OO year. and 500 are said to be
worth from SIS 00) to $4,000. each.
The word 't's" is said not to occur at all In
the King James translation Of the bible and
but three or four times in Shakespeare.
The Indians at Vancouver, British Columbia
have baud OF seventeen pieces and they
make music that is not to be sneezed az.
Serg't Smith was fined $50 at Richmond
Va, Monday for admitting too many persons
into the iail-yard to see Cluyerlus hanged
Boslonlan is the owner OF four hundred
dogs of every yariety-thc largest number
possessed by any single person in the world.
John Harigan, of San Francisco, Cal, has
with the same piece OF rope pulled twenty
eight persons out Of the water in the last three
years.
A Frenchman estimates that In life Of fifty
years man sleeps away six thousand days,
walks eight hundred days and the rest of the
time feeds and fuses.
Forty thousand bamboo canes are among
the cargo Of vessel from Japan dlscharCng
at Portland Nc. There are also lanterns, furs
and other japanese goods.
English capitalists are considering project
for the building of railroad through the pic
turesque lake district from Windermere to
Ambleside-a great resort for summer tray
elers.
Casey county, Kentucky, is said to be over
run by rats. A sort Of cat-cholcra has killed
of all the cats, and the rats are having every
thing their own way. Cats are away up above
par there.
A manganese mine has been discovered on
farm near Roanoke Va. The deposit is nine
teen feet thick. The owner is said TO have re-
fused an offer of 100000 for the mine, dcsir-
ing to further develop it before fixing price.
A trial of an unprecedented nature took
place in Kinston, N. Co. last week 4 young
lady teacher was insulted and the school dis
turbed by young girl In the school. Among
other things she called the teacher pop
eyed fool.n She was fined $50
Washington has new craze-black pages ii,
full livery. Clothed in gay colors the little
negroes are TO be seen everywhere about the
city, following their mlstresses on shopping
tours or calling excursions, and otherwise pre-
senting marked figure in social life.
An Indian at Crescent City, Cal, demon
srated the fact that the noble red man is rap
idly becoming civilized by visiting the editor
Of The Record, few days ago, and threaten
ing to scalp him for publishing his name in
the paper as getting drunk aud raising row.
A large Increase in the demand for all kinds
of fuel is looked for By the mining operators
In Pennsylvania this year New territory is
being opened up in both the anthracite and
bituminous regions and contracts have been
made for the building of over five hundred
coke ovens in the state
singular accident occurred n few days ago
at st. Mary's Canada. A man was driving
pony when the animal SHE'D at some water
which was running across the road. In
lounglng through the slu5h the animal Tell |
with his head in the water aud before he
could be relieved he was drowned.
Washington dinner given by represent |
alive of the PENNSYLVANIA German constitu-
ency consisted of noodle soup sauer-kraut, |
loodle-neech, schnitts and knepf with q |
thirty pound turkey, and unlimited potations. |
The American citizen ana rulers probably |
went home feeling thoroughly Teutonlc
large clock I'm a factory at Elizabeth, II.
j., unaccountably stopped running short
time ago and the other day when an examna-
ton was made the repairer was amazed to |
find garter-snalSc a foot long coed up In |
the works. How he got there Is not explain
ed by the people who tell the tough story
A dozen eggs which had been laid twenty
five years ago by hen belonging 70 Mrs. Yohe
were found by workmen while tearing down
an old residence in Monongshela CITY, Pa,
Tuesday. Nothing remained of the eggs ex-
cept the shells, which were perfectly whole.
How the age of the eggs is known is not stat
ed.
There arc in the different parts OF Russia
theaters for Little Russians, Poles, Germans,
Swedes, Firms, Esthonans, Let's, Georgians,
Arnenians and Jews. To these a theater for
Tartars has Just been added at Tiils, In which
both actors and audience are Mussulmans, and
to which women are only admitted as rare
exception The actors are either non-Mussul-
mans or the female role is represented oJ
men,
One Of the chief causes OF insomnia Is said
10 be sleeping without the head being covered.
Some find a cure by tying large handkerchief
tightly around the temples under the ear, in
small knot at the back Of the head. The knot
may be adopted or not, according to the wear
er's comfort or fancy. The bandage gives the
required pressure on the outer surface OF the
head the lack of which Is one cause Of sleep